Oven-door for stoves, ranges, and the like.



W. G. MOORE. OVEN DOOR FOR STOVES, RANGES, AND THE LIKE. APPLICATIONFILED MAR. 10, 1908.

Patent'ed Jan. 19, 1909.

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WILLIAM GEORGE MOORE, Oli LOS ANGELES, CALIFOI'LNL l, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF T9 GEORGEJVOTTEN GADBURY, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

OVEN-D003. FOR STOVES, lhlNGES, AND THE LEE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

letented Jan. 19, woe.

Application filed March 10, 1008. Serial No. 420,278.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FYILLIAM Grouse lhioonn, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and Stateof California, have in vented a new and useful Oven-Door for Stoves,Ranges, and the Like, of which the following is a specification,

My object is to produce an oven-door for stoves, ranges, and the like,which will carry any heavy load that is to be inserted into-or removedfrom the oven, and which is cushioned by a spring of suitable strengthto prevent:slamming oi? the doors and breaking the castings; and myinvention consists in the combination with a stove. range. or the like,of a door hinged to swing on horizontally-alined trunnions or hingesfrom a horizontal or open position upwardly to a vertical or closedposition, and vice Versa a brace hinged to the stove independently ofthe door and slidingly connected to the door a spring mounted upon thebrace between the door and a shoulder, and a stop to prevent the doorfrom going below a horizontal p sition.

The. principles of my invention may be applied to seats, shelves, braets, car-doors, and the like, and I do not wish to limit my claims to anoven-door.

The accompanying drawing illustrates the invention as applied to astove.

The figure is an end elevation of a stove door embodying the principlesof my inven tion, the bulk of the stove being broken away.

The door A is provided with truunions A at its lower corners, and isattached to the stove-frame B by the straps C, said straps being locatedjust below the oven-opening so that the door will swing upwardly andclose the openiiw, or swing downwardly to a horizontal position andprovide a shelf leading into or out of the oven.

The rivets or screws for attaching the hinges to the stove arerepresented by C, C. A lug projects forwardly from the upper part of thedoor A to form the hearing 1) through which there an opening D, and nearthe upper edge of the door in line with the opening 1) is a stop A. 'lhebrace 'E' is pivotally secured to the fame work of the stove by thetrunnion (A operating in the bearing G; said bearing being riveted tothe stove, and the brace has sulhcient curve so that it will movehearing I) without striking the face of the door as the door movescatc'd in dotted lines. it shoulder E is formed upon the brace E. Theexpansive coil spring F is mounted upon the brace E between the shoulder13 and the bearing D, the tension. of said spring being exerted to serveas a cushion to casethe door down from its vertical position to itshorizontal position; and the brace being of suitable length to engagethe step A lmrimn'ital position, said brace being strong enough to carryany load which it is desired to insert into or remove from the oven. Thetension the spring is not suiiicient to raise the door, but it issuflicient to serve as a cushion to check the lall of the door Inpractical operation the stop A may be uscdas a handle to be manuallyengaged to open the door or swing it. downwardly from its horizontalposition. The door may be held in its elevated position by a latch orany suitable means. When the door is unlatched it may be moveddownwardly to the horizontal position indicated by dotted lines Itgaiust the tension of the spring F; the

force of the spring being exerted to check -the fall of the door untilthe stop i llfherc the principles of my invention are applied to devicesother the brace E engages freely through the and hold the door in itsthan stove-doors, the

up and down, as indidoor A becomes a body mounted to swing" om avertical to a horizontal position, and vice versa, and said body may bea seat, shelf, bracket, or the like.

The hinge-pivots are preferably in a common vertical plane. The brace isbent to extend 'do\\ 'nwardly aslant away from the plane of thehinge-pivots when the body is upright, and is slidable in the bearingand extends tlmretln'ough to engage the stop when the body is lowered,and the spring is carried by a portion of the arm between the bearingand I the brace-hinge, and engages the bearing, to be compressed therebyas the body and brace lower. The spring is of Sullicient length to actagainst the bearing when the body is in its upright position above the gero es be brought as indicated in the View, where adapted to be mountedon horizontally- 25 the center of gravity. is approximately in alinedhinges, of a bearing projecting forvertical relation to the pivot of thebody. wardly from the upper part of the door,-a 1 claim T stop above thebearing, a brace adapted to be 1. The combination with a stove-door, ofa hinged to the stove below the stove-door and bearing projectingforwardly from the upsliding through the bearing to be engaged by 30 perpart of the door, a stop upon the door the stop, a shoulder upon thebrace, and a above the bearing, a brace adapted to be spring between thebearing on the door and hinged to the stove below the stove-door and theshoulder on the brace.

ftOslide through the bearing, a stop upon the 4:- A support, a body anda brace hinged brace, and a spring between the bearing on thereto oneabove the other, the body being 35 the door and the stop on the brace toserve provided with a bearing and a stop and the asa cushion to checkthe fall of the door. brace being bent and slidably extended 2. Thecombination with a stove-door through the bearing to en age the stop,when 15 adapted to be mounted on ,horizontallythe body is lowered anextending aslant alined hinges, of a bearing projecting fordownward awayfrom the plane of the hinge 40 wardly from'the upper part of the door, apivots when the body is upright, and a stop above the bearing, a braceadapted to be spring carried by the brace and acting upon hin ed to thestove below the stove-door and the bearing to cushion the body in itsde- 20 sliding through the bearing to be engaged scent.

' the stop, a stop upon the brace, and a WILLIAM GEORGE MOORE. springbetween the bearing on the door and "Witnesses: v the stop on the brace.GEORGE VVOTTON GADBURY,

3. The combination with a stove door JA ES R. TOWNSEND.

